ревнивый — meaning in English

English meaning

• invidious adj Likely to create resentment or bad feeling.
• jealous adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.

Senses

ревнивый is used for these senses in English:

• invidious (obsolete) Envious, jealous.
• jealous Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]
• jealous Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]

invidious — full definition

1. adj Likely to create resentment or bad feeling.
2. adj Treating people unfairly by favouring some over others.
3. adj Feeling envy or jealousy towards someone.
4. adj Hateful or odious, often describing perceived unfairness or a difficult situation or choice, notably in the set phrase 'invidious position'.

jealous — full definition

1. adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.
2. adj Resentful of someone else's advantage, success, or possessions.
3. adj Fiercely protective of something valued.

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